The film was shot in the Paris region, in Lyon (Lyon, Villeurbanne and Tassin-la-Demi-Lune) and Senegal.
It was selected to screen in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
The title role of the feature film is played by Moustapha Mbengue, a Senegalese comedian and musician living in Rome for twenty years.
As is often the case in Philippe Faucon's films, the scenario is based on very factual things.
French visa # 114246.